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	Developing Innovative Infant and Child Safety Products with Solidworks Industrial Designer

Developing Innovative Infant and Child Safety Products with Solidworks Industrial Designer

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) Functional Applications - Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM)
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Rapid Prototyping
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Make product development more efficient by facilitating collaboration between industrial design and mechanical engineering. Read More
About Customer	Inertia Engineering + Design, Inc. (IE+D) is a leading supplier of fast-tracked, streamlined product design and engineering services to the medical, defense, and consumer product industries. The company was founded by Ray Minato, who based the business model on quickly facilitating collaboration, efficiently handling product data, and effectively managing projects. IE+D has relied on SOLIDWORKS design and engineering solutions since its inception, and as the business has expanded, so has the need for an integrated industrial design and surface modeling tool. Read More
Solution	IE+D added SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer software to its existing suite of SOLIDWORKS tools, including SOLIDWORKS design, SOLIDWORKS Simulation analysis, SOLIDWORKS Plastics injection-molding simulation and analysis, and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional product data management software. This integration allowed for fast and easy workflows between industrial design and mechanical engineering, eliminating the need for extensive planning and model cleanup during transitions. The software also enabled the incorporation of parametrics during industrial design, improving collaboration and efficiency. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

Functional Applications - Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM)

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Rapid Prototyping

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Make product development more efficient by facilitating collaboration between industrial design and mechanical engineering.

About Customer

Inertia Engineering + Design, Inc. (IE+D) is a leading supplier of fast-tracked, streamlined product design and engineering services to the medical, defense, and consumer product industries. The company was founded by Ray Minato, who based the business model on quickly facilitating collaboration, efficiently handling product data, and effectively managing projects. IE+D has relied on SOLIDWORKS design and engineering solutions since its inception, and as the business has expanded, so has the need for an integrated industrial design and surface modeling tool.

Solution

IE+D added SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer software to its existing suite of SOLIDWORKS tools, including SOLIDWORKS design, SOLIDWORKS Simulation analysis, SOLIDWORKS Plastics injection-molding simulation and analysis, and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional product data management software. This integration allowed for fast and easy workflows between industrial design and mechanical engineering, eliminating the need for extensive planning and model cleanup during transitions. The software also enabled the incorporation of parametrics during industrial design, improving collaboration and efficiency.

Impact #1	Eliminated the need for half-day planning of industrial design transitions.
Impact #2	Enabled the creation of freeform concepts more quickly.
Impact #3	Improved collaboration between industrial and mechanical design teams.

Impact #1

Eliminated the need for half-day planning of industrial design transitions.

Impact #2

Enabled the creation of freeform concepts more quickly.

Impact #3

Improved collaboration between industrial and mechanical design teams.

Benefit #1	Eliminated half-day of industrial design planning per project.

Benefit #1

Eliminated half-day of industrial design planning per project.

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Developing Innovative Infant and Child Safety Products with Solidworks Industrial Designer

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